Intro Log: Death Comes

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for July.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: July 10th-15th
Warnings: Deathclaws. That's all you really need to know.

As usual, the new arrivals in Hadriel will be waking up on the dirt ground of the colosseum, and as usual, they won't be waking up alone. This month brings coat hangers of all shapes and, uh, sizes strewn about the colloseum floor around all of the new arrivals.

Get up, get out, meet and greet, find some new exciting interior decorating options, but don't forget about the more prominent threat: the (newly) local deathclaws roaming about in the inner halls of the arena. These deathclaws are vicious bipedal creatures with long arms ending in curved talons, horns ripe for goring and, of course, teeth as long as fingers. These animals have been engineered to be as deadly as they can possibly be, so you might want to buddy up before taking one on.

Have you escaped from the deathclaws? Made a few friends? Not died horribly? Great! Feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers July 10th-15th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

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I am, [ Victor simply responded, with a little nod. ] Doctor Victor Frankenstein, a surgeon from London.

[ and hilariously out of his depth here, though he's trying his hardest not to seem it. Victor's keeping all stiff upper lip and frowning and official but oh my gosh he has no idea what he's doing.. ] And yourself, miss?

[dedikated]

[ She almost looks pleased. Almost. Expressions aren't her strong suit.

But-! Homeboys. Sorta. Well. Close enough. Even if he sounds like he's from a very different or older, Kate London than she knows. ]

Kate Galloway. Clinic admin. [ Here. Back home. Same difference. ] Grew up in Wigan. [ But... well, there was a lot of travelling. ]

[pullback]

Ah, so there's a clinic here? [ Victor can't help but look a bit pleased. Glad to hear that in a strange new world they've managed some form of civilization. ]

I imagine that a lot of work is needed, what with those creatures.

[ said with a frown, as Victor looks over towards the deathclaws. What were those things to begin with? ]

[dedikated]

Aye. Not far. [ She gestures down the road, because the clinic had the good sense to be set up near the colosseum.

You are not wrong, Victor. This place is a mess - but not only thanks to the Deathclaws. ] They're new. [ Implying that there are others that are definitively not new. So much so that she doesn't seem particularly concerned by the fact that there's something new. ]

[pullback]

[ Looking down towards the clinic, Victor nods with a frown. ] I'll make certain to visit you once this calms down.

[ Though really, by her tone and the fact that she implied there were other monsters, Victor had a sinking suspicion that this place was never calm. How...annoying. Annoying, yet familiar. He spent two or so years dealing with monsters back in his London, how different was this? ] What are the older creatures here?

[dedikated]

[ Good to know. ]

Lots of things. Stuff I don't have names for. [ Stuff she'd never seen before. ] Seems like they come in every month. [ Because she might not usually go colosseum diving on Door days, but they spill out, or she sees them when passing by to get home. ] These seem worse than the usual things.

[pullback]

You must be kidding me, [ Victor mutters, obviously put out by the whole thing. Of COURSE there were other monsters. Of COURSE they were worse monsters.

Though really, he can't help but wonder about one thing... ]

These monsters...are they all so animalistic? Or are there some more human-shaped?

[ It's obvious he's thinking of something in particular, though he's not saying it. ]

[dedikated]

[ does she look or sound like someone who kids about monsters.

...well, she does. but not right now. ] Animals, I guess. [ although whether some of them even classed as that... what do you call a giant floating eyeball? and that's without getting into the whole thing of whether you would class some of the people dragged here as monsters.

(like herself, she supposes.) ] Usually stay in the caves outside the city. [ usually. ]

[pullback]

Well! That's reassuring. [ said without any sarcasm because it is. Both the fact that they're animal-like monsters (which means that they're probably dumb and not fricken vampires or witches) and that he wouldn't have to deal with them on a daily basis.

And then, because Kate probably is wondering what the hell's up with this dude, he continues. ] The monsters I have experience with back home were unfortunately more human-like.

[dedikated]

[ she was, but it doesn't really seem to show on her face. ] Seen both kinds. The humans are worse. [ because let's face it, people are as horrific as supernatural creatures, really. ]

[pullback]

[ Victor gives Kate a look that's pure "you must be kidding." Yes, people were terrible...but it was the vampires who tried to cause the apocalypse back home so pardon Victor for being a tad prejudiced. ]

So you say.

[dedikated]

[ vampires are human...oid. it counts. ] People think. Monsters do. [ monsters generally don't torture so... eh, this is getting philosophical. ] Take it your world isn't all that peaceful?

[pullback]

Not as peaceful as others'. Needless to say, when I arrived in a strange new world with inhuman beings trying to kill me, I simply thought 'business as usual.'

[ He's sarcastic as all hell and also grumpy as all hell. ]

[dedikated]

You're in good company here, I think. [ she knows way too many people with a past of fighting disturbing shit. ] Seems to be the case for a lot of us.

[pullback]

Well, at least that will help the inevitable explanation go down smoother. [ because with all this nonsense, Victor has a worrying feeling that he's going to have to answer the "so why exactly do you hate vampires so much?" question eventually.

just....not gonna talk about raising the dead, no sirree bob. ]

[dedikated]

[ what is wrong with vampires tho. they're just superhumans.

... kate no kate we went over this with sam already. none of them are allergic to chili pepper either. ] Prob'ly. [ a brief exhale, because it really doesn't make anything that much better, but yeah. ] What d'ya know about this place already?

[pullback]

[ they tried to bring on the apocalypse!!! He's allowed to be racist!!!

But yeah, he has no idea about anything about this place, sorry Kate ] I'm afraid I literally know next to nothing—after all, I arrived a few hours ago.

[dedikated]

[ SIGH RIGHT OKAY. Here comes the tl;dr. ]

Stuck underground in this place. Called Hadriel. Monsters in th' caves outside the city. Brought here by summat called the Door, but no one knows how to use it to get out.

[pullback]

And then the monsters occasionally come into the city. [ as shown by what happened today. ] Where is the Door, by the way? Physically located, that is.

[dedikated]

No idea. [ If she knew that, there'd have been better use of Sharon's powers, probably. ] Best guess would be the Colosseum, since everyone seems to wake up there. Haven't seen owt from it, though.

[pullback]

It seems like once these creatures clear up, we should explore the Colosseum more. [ yes, "we." You're getting roped into this, Kate ]

[dedikated]

What makes you think I haven't already? [ Lmao, because you avoid this place like the plague, Katydid. She exhales and continues; ] S'pose I can help out.

[pullback]

[ Because you're a woman who looks like she can't punch, Kate. That's why. ] Fantastic. Many hands make light work as they say.

[dedikated]

[ Hey she does not work out for nothing. :| Please, let her demonstrate on your ass. Any time. ] You thinking of putting together a whole party for this?

[pullback]

I suppose so. It would be silly if we all did this by ourselves, after all. [ and...he's not going to admit that he misses having friends but wow does he miss having friends. ]